id:			117826
accession number:	1938.433
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.433
updated:		2023-03-22 14:07:56.828000

Frieze with Apsaras, late 1100s. Cambodia, Angkor, the Bayon, Reign of Jayavarman VII, late 12th-early 13th Century. Sandstone; overall: 25.4 x 87.6 cm (10 x 34 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.433

title:				Frieze with Apsaras
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creation date:			late 1100s
creation date earliest:		1175
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Cambodia, Angkor, the Bayon, Reign of Jayavarman VII, late 12th-early 13th Century
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Cambodian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 25.4 x 87.6 cm (10 x 34 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Texture in Art
	opening date:   1947-10-06T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Texture in Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6-December 8, 1947).

	title:		The Dance in Art
	opening date:   1955-05-20T04:00:00
	<i>The Dance in Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 20-August 17, 1955).

	title:		Khmer Sculpture
	opening date:   1961-11-28T05:00:00
	<i>Khmer Sculpture</i>. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 28, 1961-January 28, 1962).

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

	title:		Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art
	opening date:   2022-11-11T05:00:00
	<i>Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art</i>. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (November 11, 2022-February 5, 2023) https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/beyond-bollywood-2000-years-of-dance-in-art/; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (March 31-July 10, 2023) https://exhibitions.asianart.org/exhibitions/beyond-bollywood-2000-years-of-dance-in-art/.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Robert Ochsé, France
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	(Mrs. Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris and New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1938
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1938–
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wall description:
Celestial dancers, with their legs drawn up to indicate that they are flying in space, enliven this architectural panel from the Bayon, the main state temple of the Khmer empire. The Bayon was conceived like a pantheon, housing all the divinities worshipped in the territories governed by the Khmer kingdom under King Jayavarman VII, who reigned from 1181 to 1218 across territories in present-day Cambodia and parts of Thailand and Vietnam. At various times in its history, the temple was dedicated to either the Buddha or to the Hindu god Shiva--the central icon in the sanctum was changed accordingly. Ambiguity of sectarian affiliation and the merging and changing of deities was a common occurrence in Cambodian religious practice.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 791
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n141

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 242
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n266

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 243
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n267

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 320
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n340

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